1881-1885 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins
Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet.
I focus only on the Hastons known or suspected to be members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY. That includes the Hastains, who changed the spelling of the family name in Missouri and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, I am unable to include those who adopted the English Hasting and Hastings spellings, because only a tiny percentage of the people with those spellings are Daniel’s descendants.
1881, January 20
Aney Haston
The Fayette (MO) Advertiser: Aney Haston was on a Howard County, MO, Probate Court docket for February 14, 1881. Anne Haston was the curator (guardian). An April 17, 1884, article in The Fayette Advertiser states that the curator (guardian) was Ann J. Haston. Ann Juliet Barnes Haston was the 3rd wife of Jesse Haston, Sr. Aney (Annie C.) was born to Ann Juliet and Jesse Haston, Sr. on June 2, 1864, the last child born to Jesse Haston, Sr., about five months before Jesse was ambushed and killed. Annie C. was never able to live on her own and was cared for by her sisters, Ida and Lillian. She was eventually institutionalized in the Huntington State Hospital in Charleston, WV, which had been established as an insane asylum. As per February 6, 1865, a bond assured she would receive her share of the Jesse Haston, Sr. estate, when she reached the legal age (age 18, I assume).
1881, February 20
Van Haston
The (Nashville) Tennessean: A revenue officer seized and destroyed a moonshine still, which Van Haston and two other men owned and operated. There were at least three Van Hastons in that area at that time, so I don’t know which Van this was. All three of those were descendants of David Haston.
1881, March 22
James D. Haston
Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX): James D. Haston and other men presented a petition asking the Travis County court to hold an election in a certain subdivision, between the two roads leading from Austin to Round Rock. I do know know which Haston family this man belonged to.
1881, May 31
Jesse Haston (Junior)
Idaho Semi-Weekly World (Idaho City, ID): This was probably Jesse Haston, Jr., son of Daniel’s son Jesse Haston who had settled in Howard County, MO, near Glasgow. His name was on a list of letters remaining in the post office in Idaho. I have no idea why Jesse, Jr. was in Idaho City of Boise Co, ID, but he was a cattleman who lived in Montana late in his life and got around a lot because of his business. He was on a List of Letters at the same place as per August 20, 1881.
1881, December 17
D.C. Haston
Southern Standard (McMinnville, TN) from the Bone Cave Reporter: D.C. Haston married Maud Bouldin in Spencer, TN.
1882, February 2
E.C. Haston
The (Nashville) Tennessean: Representatives of Grundy, Marion, and Warren County visited the Poe brothers in jail. E.C. Haston was from Warren County, TN (adjacent to White and Van Buren counties) was one of the group. The Poe brothers were not very polite to them! I am not sure who this E.C. Haston was, but the E.C. name appears in Haston generations well into the 20th Century.
1882, March 2
W.A. (Woodson Asbury) Hastain
Henry County (MO) Democrat: W.A. Hastain (son of Daniel McComisky Hastain) was one of the Directors of the First National Bank of Clinton, MO. The President was J.M. Avery.
1882, March 3
Hastain Block
Knob Noster Gem (Johnson County, MO): “Mr. Robt. Sharpe, late of Knob Noster, is painting and completely renovating the Hastain block (in Warsaw, MO) prearatory to starting a hotel It will be ready for business in a few weeks.” (from Warsaw, MO Times)
1882, March 30
Miss Fannie Hastain
The Osceola (Clair County, MO) Sun: Mr. James Arnold and Miss Fannie Hastain were married in Johnson City, MO, with Elder King officiating. Fannie Davis Hastain was the daughter of John Greene Hastain, son of Daniel McComisky Hastain. She married James Wilson Arnold.
1882, May 5
W.C. Haston and I.C. Morgan
The (Nashville) Tennessean: W.C. (William Carroll Haston, Sr.) and I.C. (Isaac Clinton) Morgan represented the Third District of Van Buren County as delegates in the Democratic convention to assemble at Nashville on June 20, 1882. W.C. Haston was the youngest son of David Haston and a grandson of Daniel Haston. I.C. Morgan was a physician in the neighborhood where the Hastons lived. W.C. Haston’s son, Charles Thomas Haston, married Dr. Isaac Clinton Morgan’s sister, Elliott Selena Morgan.
1882, July 5
A.V.F. Haston
Buffalo (Dallas County, MO) Reflex: Jeremiah Haston’s son, A.V.F. Haston, had died. His estate settlement, which was set for the 4th Monday of August 1882 in Dallas County, MO, was advertised. He was a grandson of Daniel Haston.
1882, July 6
T.J. (Thomas Jefferson) Hastain
Henry County (MO) Democrat: T.J. Hastain represented the Tebo Township in Henry County, MO, in a Democratic Convention. Thomas Jefferson Hastain (1841-1908) was son of Daniel McComisky Hastain and Martha Jane Wade Hastain.
1882, July 25
Attorney P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: Pastor Rev. M.F. Wells of Mount Olivet Methodist Church in Benton County, MO (19 miles southeast of Sedalia, MO) was caught in a disgraceful act of seduction, with the wife of Rev. M.F. Wells, the “blind preacher.” P.D. (Pleasant Dawson) Hastain of Warsaw, MO, was the attorney called upon to handle the case. Reverend T.J. Shepherd
1882, August 17
Frank Hastain
The Osceola (MO) Sun: Frank Hastain, of Elkton, Hickory County (MO), was seriously hurt by being thrown out of a buggy. This was probably Asham F. (Franklin/Frank) Hastain (1851-1925), son of Isham Bradley Hastain, who was the son of David Haston. Frank would have been the great-grandson of Daniel Haston. Frank survived the accident and died on August 10, 1925. Grave
1882, October 12
Jas. and J.G. and Martha J. Hastain
Henry County, MO Democrat: Thirty-seven people were added to the church out of a protracted meeting held at Hickory Grove (probably Methodist Church) in Tebo Township. This included James Hastain, J.G. Hastain, and Martha J. Hastain. I am not sure who these Hastains were, but they would have been from the Daniel McComisky Hastain family.
1882, October 22
Jesse Haston (Junior)
Daily Yellowstone Journal (Miles City, MT): Jesse arrived at a hotel in Miles City, MT.
1882, August 21
J.H. Haston
The Evening Light (San Antonio, TX): This J.H. registered at the Central (Hotel, I assume). He was from Pecos, TX. I am not sure if and how he fits into the Daniel Haston family, but a lot of his decendants went to TX.
1882, November 14
P.D. (Pleasant Dawson) Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: P.D. Hastain, a Republican, was elected (by 209 vote majority) as the prosecuting attorney in Pettis County, MO. Pleasant Dawson Haston was the son of Daniel McComisky Haston and Martha Jane Wade Haston, and Great Grandson of Daniel Haston.
1882, November 14
Katie Hastain vs Henry Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: Apparently, Henry Hastain was not, at the time, a resident of Missouri. His wife was filing for a divorce. This same notice was published in the October 31, 1882, edition of the same newspaper.I do not know how Henry Hastain fits into the Daniel McComisky Hastain family.
1882, December 14
J.P. (James Preston) Hastain
The Osceola (MO) Sun: James Preston Hastain (1831-1913) was a son of Daniel McComisky Hastain and Anna Greene Hastain.
1883, January 19
A.A. Haston
The Carrollton (MO) Democrat: Abi Albert Haston was the son of Jesse Haston (Sr.), son of Daniel Haston. After some years in Kansas, he returned to Missouri and purchased the hardware stock of Ed. Devine. Carrollton, MO was about 50 miles west of Glasgow, MO where A.A. Haston grew up. See also “Please Read and Let Your Neighbors Read.”
The Carrollton (MO) Democrat, March 16, 1883
1883, February 1
Jess (Jesse, Jr.) Haston
Saline (MO) County Weekly Progress: Jesse Haston, Jr. (grandson of Daniel Haston via Jesse Haston, Sr.) was an adventurous cowboy. He grew up in Glasgow of Howard County, MO, but spent the latter part of his life in Montana and other western states.
1883, March 27
George Haston
Jefferson City (MO) Tribune: I do not know who this 11-year-old George Haston was and whether or not he was in the Daniel Haston family. California, MO is about 25 miles west of Jefferson City, MO.
1883, April 3
P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: It was announced that P.D. Hastain would be the business manager for a new newspaper, The Benton County Republican, that would “make its appearance about the first of April.”
1883, June 6
A.F. Hastain
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: Elixir (or Excelsior) Springs in Dallas County, MO was a site of mineral water springs. Apparently, A.F. Haston (“Hastain”), son of Jeremiah Haston, had some role in the operation of the Springs.
1883, June 28
P.G. Haston
The Houston (TX) Post: P.G. Haston and Joseph Simpson arrived at the Capitol Hotel in Houston, TX. I do not know who P.G. Haston was.
1883, July 6
A.A. Haston and Lucy and Lizzie
The Carrollton (MO) Democrat: A group of young people had a pleasant time at the home of A.A. Haston, including Lucy and Lizzie Haston (presumably his daughters) in Carrollton, MO (70 miles NE of Kansas City, MO).
1883, August 2
P.D. Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Advocate: Pleasant Dawson Hastain was on a committee related to an interest in the contemplated St. Louis, Emporia, and Western Railroad. Apparently, they were hoping the railroad would be routed through Warsaw, the county seat of Benton County, MO.
1883, September 2
J.A. Haston
The Springfield (MO) News-Leader: J.A. Haston, age 14, died (in August) of dysentery and was interred in the Maple Park Cemetery.
1883, September 13
John G. Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Advocate: In a case, John G. Hastain vs. J.M. Pickerill and Levi Benscoter, the verdict was against the estate of J.M. Pickerill, Mary Pickerill, administratrix. This John G. Hastain was probably John Greene Hastain, son of Daniel McComisky Hastain and Anna N. Greene Hastain.
1883, November 17
A.A. Haston
The Republican-Record (Carrollton, MO): Harshbarger and Hudson bought A.A. Haston’s stock of hardware in the Ed. Devine Building. Later that month (November 30, 1883) The Carrollton (MO) Democrat ran an ad for the Hudson, Magill, and Harshbarger store at the Haston’s old Stand.
1883, November 21
I.N. Haston (Hasting or Hasten)
The Joplin (MO) Herald: This would have been Isaac Newton Hasten, the some of William Carroll Hastins and Nancy Leake Hastings. I.N. was the great-grandson of Daniel Haston, through Isaac Haston, who moved to Greene County, MO in the 1830s. “He served as a justice of the peace of that township for several years. He and his son, John Henderson Hasten, operated a store at the little town of Cave Springs in Greene County, Missouri, for years before they sold out and opened a grocery store in Springfield, Missouri.” (quote from Howard H. Hasting)
A Wife Murderer: Jim Cook assaulted and killed his wife by holding her head between his knees and cutting her throat with his pocket knife. The murder occurred about 3 miles northwest of the village of Cave Spring in Greene County, MO. He proceeded to Cave Spring and surrendered himself to Justice I.N. Haston, who placed him in a wagon. Fearing the enraged citizens might mob the uxoricide [person who kills one’s wife], he hastily conveyed him to Joplin, MO, and turned him over to the sheriff.
1884, January 3
Jesse Haston (Jr.)
Saline County (MO) Weekly Progress: “Mr. Jesse Haston, who formerly resided in Cambridge (MO), but who has for several years been in the far West, came to pay his friends a Christmas visit.”
1884, January 11
Jesse (Jr.) and A.A. Haston
The Carrollton (MO) Democrat: “Mr. Jesse Haston, brother of A.A. Haston, of this city, who has been visiting here, has returned to Miles City, Montana.” Jesse and A.A. Haston were sons of Jesse Haston, Sr., and grandsons of Daniel Haston.
1884, February 5
Henry Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: K. Hastain vs. Henry Hastain, suit for divorce. I do not know how Henry Hastain fit into the Daniel McComisky Hastain family. This notice also appeared in the May 1, 1883 edition of the same newspaper, nine months earlier.
1884, April 16
I. Haston
The Buffalo (Dallas County, MO) Reflex: State vs. I. Haston, issuing goods without a license, forfeiture of recognizance. This would have been a member of the Jeremiah Haston family. Jeremiah was a son of Daniel Haston.
1884, May 17
Lucy, Ida, Mrs. A.A. & Mrs. A.J. Haston
Saline County (MO) Weekly Progress: Miss Lizzie C. Barnes (daughter of Dr. J. Barnes) of Cambridge, MO, married Mr. H. Rives Camp of Nebraska, MO. Miss Lucy and Miss Ida Haston were attendants. Miss Ida was probably Ida Litia Haston (born 1859 in Glasgow, MO), a daughter of Jesse Haston, Sr. She was unmarried until 1910. Miss Ida Haston, Mrs. A.A. Haston, and Mrs. A.J. Haston were on the list of those who gave gifts. These Hastons, as well as Lizzie Barnes, were all related – descendants of Jesse Haston, Sr. of Howard County (Glasgow), Missouri. Lizzie was a granddaughter of Jesse Haston, via Amanda Melvina Haston Barnes.
1884, July 8
J.B. Haston
Fort Worth (TX) Daily Gazette: Mr. J.B. Haston was elected assistant to Miss Nannie Breeding. This had something to do with a summer normal school (school for training teachers) in the Bellville community of the 12th senatorial district. Was this Jesse Bascom Haston, grandson of Jesse Haston, Sr. (son of Daniel Haston) who was a preacher who ministered in various places in the United States?
1884, July 26
W.B.(Wiley Blount) Haston
Southern Standard (McMinnville, TN): W.B. Haston (great grandson of Daniel Haston via. Joseph, James Alfred Haston) was on a list of Civil War casualties in Company I of the 16th Tennessee Regiment, in the Battle at Perryville, KY. It isn’t clear why this list was included in the paper, some 20 years after the war.
1884, August 7
Miss Cecelia Hastain
The Osceola (MO) Sun: Dr. H.E. Pitcher and Miss Cecelia Hastain of this neighborhood took in the Monegaw Springs last Saturday. Cecelia (1868-1953) was the daughter of James Preston and Octavia Hinckle Hastain.
1884, August 22
Miss Lucy Haston
The Carrollton (MO) Democrat: Miss Lucy Haston was a member of a choir in the Catholic Church of Carrollton, MO.
1885, July 7
P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Weekly Bazoo: P.D. Hastain was the President of a July 4th celebration in Warsaw, MO.
1885, September 10
Lizzie Haston
Abilene (KS) Weekly Reflector: Lizzie Haston was the daughter of A.A. Haston, son of Jesse Haston, Sr., She would have been a great-granddaughter of Daniel Haston.
1885, November 17
J.B. Haston
The Galveston (TX) Daily News: Apparently, J.B. Haston had an article published in the Texas School Journal, called “Something Left Out.” See the July 8, 1884, article above. J.B. Haston’s article is also mentioned in the November 12, 1885 issue of the same newspaper.
1885, December 4
Frank Hastain
The Index (Hermitage, MO: Frank Hastain had moved to Elkton, MO (“a quiet little village”) and was busy all the time at his blacksmith trade.
1885, December 17
Jennie Hastain
Appleton City (MO) Journal: Jennie Hastain was scheduled to give a Sunday presentation called “Temperance Men.” Her name was on a Band of Hope Programme. She was probably the daughter of James Preston Hastain and Octavia Hinckle Hastain.
1885, December 30-31
Jos. Haston
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch: Jos. Haston from Glasgow, MO, was registered at the Hotel Barnum in St. Louis, MO. Given that he was from Glasgow, MO, he must have been from the Jesse Haston family, but I am not able to place him in the family.
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